Ah, Easter hey, doncha just love it? If only every week was just four days long for little ol’ Busty like it is for my esteemed editor; mind you, that’s on a good week for him.
I’ve hardly seen him at all for the past fortnight to be honest, although he insists he is out and about with his “people” (taken up a residency at The Ivy, more like).
Still, ours is not to reason why, ours but to do and die (blimey, I’m even quoting Alfred Lord Tennyson these days). Besides, I didn’t mind him not being in last week as it meant I could fill my mouth with cream filling – and not in a rude way for once.
My package duly arrived from the lovely Claire Billings at Rapp, too, and while it wasn’t quite as large as I was hoping for (was it ever thus, hey girls?) those Moules Fantaisies Pour Creme slipped down my throat very nicely, indeed.
Sadly, it seems, I rather over-indulged as I am busting out all over in my Aintree Ladies Day Calvin Kline outfit this morning. Not that I will have many complaints up in Liverpool – after all, the competition is hardly stiff. Scouse-brow anyone? And there’s more orange on display here than the Man from Del Monte has ever got his hands on.
I reckon the organisers could even be breaching the Trades Discriptions Act with their event blurb, which states: “As well as the breathtaking action on the racecourse, Ladies Day will bring a touch of style and class to the festival.”
The new dress code has taken its lead from the Coco Chanel quote: “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress, dress impeccably and they remember the woman.”
Believe me, no-one would want to remember most of the munters up here. Even the bookies have got in on the act, with Coral offering very low odds of 2/1 on breasts falling out of dresses, exposed arses and split frocks (you can’t make this stuff up). From where I’m looking, they’ll be losing money hand over fist.
Talking of losing money, my big tip for the 2015 Sefton Novices’ Hurdle has got to be the 16-1 shot Zeroshadesofgrey. One sight of these, er, “ladies”, would be enough to turn Christian Grey into a monk.
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